Tap / click on image to see more RealViewsTM
£10.65
per poster
Thomas Wright's Universe Poster
Qty:
Size
27.94 cm x 21.59 cm (11"x8.5")
Border
None
About Posters
Sold by
About This Design
Thomas Wright's Universe Poster
Plates XVII and XXXI from Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe... (1750), his best known work in which he explains the appearance of the Milky Way as "an optical effect due to our immersion in what locally approximates to a flat layer of stars" and also postulates that many faint nebulae are in fact incredibly distant galaxies. As part of his explications of heavenly workings he emphasised that the Earth and the human race are insignificant and transitory parts of a vast universe, that "In this great Celestial Creation, the Catastrophy of a World, such as ours, or even the total Dissolution of a System of Worlds, may possibly be no more to the great Author of Nature, than the most common Accident in Life with us, and in all Probability such final and general DoomsDays may be as frequent there, as even Birth-Days or Mortality with us upon this Earth."
Customer Reviews
4.8 out of 5 stars rating14.6K Total Reviews
14,611 Reviews
Reviews for similar products
5 out of 5 stars rating
By S.17 January 2013 • Verified Purchase
Print, Size: 58.42cm x 67.37cm, Media: Value Poster Paper (Semi-Gloss)
Zazzle Reviewer Program
I like the design features on the website. They enable the fitting of a good quality Print to an existing frame.
This Print was of excellent quality. I would buy again.
One small gripe is that the image was not centred horizontally (about 3mm out) so needed trimming. No great hardship and may have been my fault in the setting-up.
Next time, I would choose to set the text below the picture to a smaller font.
Overall - Thank You! Looks good in its frame - Just as expected. I had a very expensive Gallery print of this before. It got damaged - hence the replacement. It compares very well.
5 out of 5 stars rating
By A.26 April 2018 • Verified Purchase
Print, Size: 33.02cm x 48.26cm, Media: Value Poster Paper (Semi-Gloss)
Zazzle Reviewer Program
Would highly recommend as very helpful. Prints...just perfect 😀
5 out of 5 stars rating
By Jodi F.15 December 2025 • Verified Purchase
Print, Size: 91.44cm x 60.96cm, Media: Value Poster Paper (Semi-Gloss)
it's very good quality especially for cutting out, i chose too big of a size but thats okay as it still looks really cute on my door :3 and so cheap to print as well thank you.
Tags
Other Info
Product ID: 228998667297137735
Created on 28/12/2013, 13:51
Rating: G
Recently Viewed Items